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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الرَّوْز (ar-rawz), from Arabic أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz, “rice”), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza, “rice”), of Iranian origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
arrós m (plural arroses)
- (uncountable) rice (Oryza sativa, a cereal)
- rice (specific variety of rice)
- (uncountable) rice (the seeds of this cereal)